Car wash complaint nets wanted man

Posted: Saturday, October 27, 2007

Officers investigating a woman's complaint that money was stolen from her car at a west Athens car wash Thursday morning didn't find the money or the thief, but arrested a car wash employee wanted on a felony warrant, Athens-Clarke police said.

John Ellis Branch, 40, of 484 Hawthorne Ave., was questioned about the reported theft at University Car Wash, 2375 W. Broad St., then taken into custody on the warrant charging him with burglary, according to police.